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CRISPR-mediated gene silencing reveals involvement of the archaeal S-layer in cell division and virus infection

Nature Communications, 2019
The S-layer is a proteinaceous envelope often found in bacterial and archaeal cells. Here, the authors use CRISPR-based technology to silence slaB, encoding the S-layer membrane anchor, to show that an intact S-layer is important for cell division and ...
Isabelle Anna Zink, Kevin Pfeifer, Erika Wimmer, Uwe B. Sleytr, Bernhard Schuster, Christa Schleper   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The archaea (2015) [PDF]

, 2015
Archaea’ refers to the kingdom of single celled organisms with the simplest known molecular structure, thought to be the closest living ancestor to the origin of all life on earth.
Rushton, S.
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Biomass DNA: An Emerging Building Block for Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Biomass DNA is rapidly emerging from its traditional role as a genetic blueprint to serve as a versatile abundant, highly programmable polymeric building block. This review highlights the transformation of macroscopic bulk biomass DNA into next generation of functional materials, spanning from dynamic hydrogels, sustainable bioplastics, and high ...
Yuwei Hu, Itamar Willner, Li Niu
wiley   +1 more source

CREAT: A CRISPR‐Based Genome Trimming Strategy for Systematic Identification of Dispensable Regions and Rapid Genome Reduction

Advanced Science
The construction of minimal‐genome microbes offers an ideal platform for understanding fundamental biological processes and synthetic biology, yet the research is hindered by incomplete lists of essential genes in microbes and by multiple rounds of ...
Guanhua Yuan, Zhe Gao, Yingxuan Qi, Yang Zhang, Xuhui Tian, Pengpeng Zhao, Xu Feng, Qunxin She   +7 more
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Heavily Armed Ancestors: CRISPR Immunity and Applications in Archaea with a Comparative Analysis of CRISPR Types in Sulfolobales

Biomolecules, 2020
Prokaryotes are constantly coping with attacks by viruses in their natural environments and therefore have evolved an impressive array of defense systems.
Isabelle Anna Zink, Erika Wimmer, Christa Schleper   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influences of soil properties on archaeal diversity and distribution in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica [PDF]

, 2011
The Antarctic Dry Valleys are characterized by extremely low temperatures, arid conditions, high salinity and virtual absence of plants. Therefore, food webs of these microbially dominated soils are among the simplest on earth making these mineral soils ...
Richter, Ingrid
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Features of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis Unique to Archaea

, 2007
This chapter discusses four unique aspects of archaeal aa‐tRNA formation that led to a much deeper understanding of this process not only in the Archaea, but in all domains of life.
Fukai, Shuya, Cardoso, A., Salazar, J., Oshikane, H., Sheppard, Kelly, Fukai, S., Ambrogelly, Alexandre, Nureki, Osamu, Palioura, S., Nakamura, Y., Yuan, J. ; https://orcid.org/, Nureki, O., Oshikane, Hiroyuki, Hohn, M., Yuan, Jing, Hohn, Michael, Salazar, Juan Carlos, Söll, Dieter, Nakamura, Yuko, Polycarpo, C., Herring, Stephanie, Randau, Lennart, Cardoso, Alexander Machado, Sheppard, K., Palioura, Sotiria, Herring, S., Ambrogelly, A., Soell, D., Randau, L., Polycarpo, Carla   +29 more
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Engineering Microbial Particles for Next‐Generation Biomedical Platforms

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Microbe‐derived particles (MDPs), which include extracellular vesicles, outer membrane vesicles, inclusion bodies, polysaccharide particles, and virus‐like particles, represent a rapidly expanding category of bioinspired nanomaterials. With their natural origin, intrinsic biocompatibility, and highly programmable functionality, MDPs serve as a ...
Yuting Li, Yunjie Lu, Ziyan Huang, Jianjiang Chen, Yanbin Liu, Lei Qin, Chao Wang, Yumin Wu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The archaea: painting digital photography. [PDF]

, 2018
How does one make a photographic body of work about Deep Ecology; the philosophy that considers humans to be equal to and no more important than any other species, advocating a radical re-adjustment of the relationship between humans and nature? This was
Rushton, S.
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Functional–Taxonomic Scaling Resolves Conflicting Average Genome Size Estimates Across Environmental Gradients

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Based on genome size‐functional breadth theory, we introduce and validate a framework that adjudicates conflicting average genome size (AGS) estimates by testing which estimate yields a gap between scaled functional diversity and scaled taxonomic diversity that is consistent with the expected positive association between genome size and gene functional
Huanhuan Zhu, Xiaoye Chen, Qiushi Li, Chenyu Sun, Haihua Xia, Yingxin Huang, Cong Wang, Peilin Chen, Cheng Gao   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source